Here is an example of what (I think) David is talking about:
http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/dnzb_exhibs/lit/index.htm
I tend to use both D links and Longdesc tags (though this provokes a bug in
Bobby which complains about repeating the link phrase.) Hopefully one day I
will be able to get rid of all the D tags, but in the meantime I use link
titles to describe them. I don't think just "description of previous image"
or something is adequate though is it? - surely the description should refer
to the specific image if the link is going to be read out with a bunch of
others?
Jamie Mackay
The second question is what form it should take. I preffer telling
people what is being described such as: "description of web access
symbol".
another approach is to write a separate page and provide a link such as:
"descriptins of images on this page". on the separate page, you can
write the descriptions and title them accordingly. you can even do this
any way and use d links to call up the appropriate portions of the page
but this does not always work.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Isom" <jeff@cpd2.usu.edu>
To: <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2001 4:55 PM
Subject: use of the "d" link for images
I understand the purpose of the "d" link is to provide the user with a
description of a complex graphic. Should all images have "d" links or
only
those that are complex? In other words, although a description of an
image
may not be essential to the content of the site, would it be a good idea
to
give the user and opportunity to experience the graphic in a more
meaningful
way?
In addition, it seems that using the "d" tag could be confusing to the
user
if there were a number of complex graphics on the page. As the user
tabbed
throught the links they would hear "link d" . . . "link d" . . . "link
d".
They would have to work to figure out what image the link refers to. I
know
this is convention for describing images, but is it the best approach?
Jeff
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Jeffrey Isom
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Center for Persons with Disabilities
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